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VE N EZU ELA
CARACAS’
HIGH LIFE
© Ale ssandro G and ol f i
PA R A L L E L O Z E R O
Caracas (Venezuela), models
posing for a photographer before
a show at Fashion Show Delrayo
In 2015 Caracas has been declared the “most dangerous town in the
world”. The economy is in a slump, inflation is quite high and most
people spend hours queueing in front of supermarkets hoping to
buy, at controlled prices, milk, eggs, sugar and flour. Despite an
enormous loan from China, fifteen years of bolivarianism and the
sudden oil price drop pushed Venezuela quite near a social disaster.
But, especially in Caracas, somebody keep living a high life based on
a US dollars-fueled parallel economy. It’s a high society frequenting
exclusive clubs and restaurants, where a dinner may cost as the
monthly wage of a state worker. This elite counts entrepreneurs,
lawyers, private doctors, artists and the new riches coming from the
governative area. They call these last ones the “boliburgueses”,
Bolivarian bourgeois, sly people that, under the Chavez and Maduro
regime, betrayed the socialist ideals and made big money.
Caracas (Venezuela), Izcaragua Country
Club, actor Augusto Nitti as patriot
Antonio José de Sucre on the set of a
movie by director Caupolicán Ovalles
Caracas (Venezuela), fashion
photographer Fran Beaufrand, 55 yo,
posing in his living room
Caracas (Venezuela), having a drink
on Pestana hotel’s terrace
Caracas (Venezuela), dr. Sonia
Roffé operates on a patient of
hers in her cosmetic clinic
Caracas (Venezuela), bridesmaids
during a photo shooting on the
terrace of the Pestana hotel
Caracas (Venezuela), parque La
Estancia, dancing during a concert
Caracas (Venezuela), playing golf on the
Country Club green. In the background,
buildings of the San Marino district
Caracas (Venezuela), parliament
members talking before a session of
the Asamblea Nacional de Venezuela
Caracas (Venezuela),
Venezuelan singer Karina
during a concert
Caracas (Venezuela), a luxury
car carrying some newly-weds
on the street of the upper
class district of La Lagunita
Caracas (Venezuela), models
at the end of a show at
Fashion Show Delrayo
Caracas (Venezuela), a waitress
preparing some drinks at the
Cayena luxury hotel
Caracas (Venezuela), fans
of Venezuelan singer Karina
dancing during a concert
Caracas (Venezuela), Carolina Figueredo
in a room of Villa Planchart (also called
El Cerrito). Carolina is the nephew of
Armando Planchart, who commissioned the
villa (built between 1953 and 1957) to the
famous Italian architect Giò Ponti
Caracas (Venezuela), Izcaragua
Country Club, actresses Alexandra
Scull (centre) and Rosalinda
Serfaty on the set of a movie
directed by Caupolicán Ovalles
Caracas (Venezuela), favelas
and new building blending in
the South part of the city
Caracas (Venezuela), Vip hotel,
journalist Carlos Briceño prepares
blogger Titina Penzini for a video
interview during the introduction of the
last collection of fashion designer Nabel
Martins. Titina is Martins’ testimonial
Caracas (Venezuela), visitors
at the Espacio Monitor, a
gallery inside the huge Centro
de Arte Los Galpones
Caracas (Venezuela),
parque La Estancia, a dj
on stage during a concert
Caracas (Venezuela),
consultant Diana Kaufmann in
a room of her villa, “Casa
Palmira”, in the upper class
district of Los Palos Grandes
Caracas (Venezuela), night
overview of San Marino and
Altamira districts
Caracas (Venezuela), models
preparing for a show at the
Fashion Show Delrayo
Caracas (Venezuela), Carolina Figueredo during a
party at Villa Planchart (also called El Cerrito).
Carolina is the nephew of Armando Planchart, who
commissioned the villa (built between 1953 and
1957) to the famous Italian architect Giò Ponti
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